07 May 2012

I painted the painting above, Morning View of Mt. Subasio (not for sale), just before we headed back to Florence from Perguia. On Facebook, I posted a picture of the view with my finished painting still on the easel. As you can see, by the time I snapped that photo, the fog in the valley had started to really burn off! Also, I just remembered that I painted part of this view three years ago when I was in Italy. Here's that painting from 2009 - let me know in your comments if you can see where the views overlap. :)

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ABOUT

Inspired by the "A Painting a Day" movement, I started making daily paintings for my blog on 9/23/07.

Nine years later,
my blog has had over three-quarters of a million visitors from over 100 countries. My paintings have been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine's "Live Your Best Life—Women Who Make Beautiful Things," Seth Godin's bestseller, Linchpin: Are You Indispensible?, and FOX's Good Day Philadelphia, among many others. I was recently named #5 on the list of 49 Creative Geniuses by Boost Blog Traffic.

More importantly, painting has become my meditative time and the best part of my day. Attempting to paint every day speaks to my interest in ritual, practice, classical still life and trompe l'oeil painting. In sharing my work on my blog, I explore the nuances and complexities of ever-changing internet globalization. My paintings are usually sold by eBay auctions, and are in over eight hundred private and public collections around the globe.

I am fortunate to have studied with
David A. Leffel at the Art Students League of New York, and this experience continues to have the greatest impact on my work.